The Differences Between John And Mond's Argument Of Religion

Improved Essays
Aldous Huxley wrote the novel Brave New World in hopes of showing the way he is afraid of what the society will become in the future. In the section provided we're focusing on the argument of religion between both John and Mond. Mond argues that god has become "absolute" due to the comfort of those who live. According to his opinion people only turn to god when they experience "age" and "discomfort." John possess the opposing argument saying that a human must experience these hardships in order to grow both physically and spiritually. Oddly enough both John and Mond's arguments complement one another.
In the story Brave New World the prominent conflict we are learning today is the opposing views that John and Mond have about religion. Both

Related Documents

  • Superior Essays

    Anti-Semitism in the Gospel of John Many people today discredit the validity of the Gospel of John because it includes content that may be interpreted as anti-Jewish. This material could be a reflection of the emerging division between Jewish Christian and Jews. In this paper, I will be inspecting the Gospel of John to validate the presence of anti-Semitic material. Exploration of the historical background of this time will be analyzed to determine the derivation of anti-Semitism within this gospel based on the Gospel of John’s negative representation of the Jews and their traditions.…

    • 1303 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Huxley’s Brave New World "A Gramme is Always Better Than a Damn" (Huxley, 2006, p. 90) Aldous Huxley saw a fully aware and intelligent society the only way to obtain a government which would keep the people’s best interest a priority. In Brave New World it was clear the government had utter control of its people, which the government gained by supplying the population with Soma. Soma was a fictional recreational drug which caused euphoria, relaxation, and “an escape from… reality” (Hickman, 2009, p. 145) all while making its users absolutely dependant of it. Huxley was by no means against the use of recreational drugs, however, he loathed the concept of a drug which could suppress human emotions and intellect, making a population submissive to its government.…

    • 1765 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Brave New World The novel, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley positions readers to think and reflect upon values and beliefs of our society, through emphasising the differences in his fictional society and our current society (or that of the 1930s). (Main Contention) THE MEANING IN TEXT IS SHAPED BY PURPOSE, CULTURAL CONTEXT, AND SOCIAL SITUATION. (The author provided a society so different from ours that we were forced to either agree strongly with or disagree with the concepts – would this be a good or bad thing?…

    • 1022 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Self-Conditioning Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley in 1932 and expresses his ideas of the world 600 years from the invention of the first automobile. It explains how people are not naturally born, but put in a lab and given specific treatment depending on the class the controller, want them to become. They are conditioned to like and dislike certain things and given drugs everyday that eventually kill them. Huxley introduces John or, as he is often called, the savage.…

    • 556 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Brave New World is a novel written by Aldous Huxley. Huxley wrote the book after the First World War, but before the Second World War began. Although the British society was officially at peace, the effects of war were becoming apparent. Huxley wrote about changes in national feeling, as well as changes in his feelings, questioning social and moral assumptions as well as the movement toward more equal judgement between sexes. The novel consisting of Aldous Huxley’s plan to create a futuristic world and his plan to introduce John the savage made The Brave New World a true novel of its time.…

    • 1220 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World criticizes the power and limitations of a world fixated on creating a utopian society through the use of technology, psychotropic drugs, and genetic engineering. In this specific application, this “new world” manufactures humans to fit its needs and interests by stripping away any unique personal identity and placing them into one of five social classes. Compliance is ensured while rebellion is curtailed through the use of “a wonder drug” and propaganda. Astonishingly, the fictional world described by Huxley is coming to fruition. In this essay, we will examine the similarities and differences in this new world, as illustrated by Huxley, the ideologies of Adolf Hitler, and today’s society as we know it.…

    • 1311 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “The Universe Next Door” by James Sire provides insight into the various opposing worldviews society faces today. Beginning with the Pre-Modern thoughts that believe in God’s existence, spanning to the Modern view placing matter in the center of reality, and concluding with the Postmodern thoughts which deny the existence of reality. Throughout the semester we have discussed several of these viewings of the world, noting some views appear to be more practical than others. With the use of Sire’s eight fundamental questions I would like to compare and contrast the Pre-Modern thoughts of the Christian Theistic worldview to the Modern thoughts of the Naturalistic worldview. Beginning with Sire’s first question “what is prime reality-the really…

    • 2051 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Influence of Aldous Huxley in Brave New World: Horror of Hedonism Throughout history one great philosophical question that has mankind has struggled with is the question on the purpose of life. A primary answer for this question provided by different philosophers throughout history is the hedonism. The notion that the purpose of life is to be as happy as possible, so, therefore, individuals should live to fulfill their maximum net happiness while avoiding stress and suffering at all cause, because happiness and pleasure are the greatest good and fulfillment, and pain and suffering are the greatest evil. However, the validation of this notion is completely discredited by Aldous Huxley in his utopian world of his novel: Brave New World.…

    • 1056 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    In the novel Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley, creates a seemingly utopian society, called the World State. The World State is devoid of all aspects of today’s society (which is referred to as “pre-modern” times) that promote individualism, including art, music, poetry, religion, and live birth. Instead of being born as a result of sexual intercourse, children are manufactured in laboratories and “decanted” from bottles when they are sufficiently developed. The only place on Earth where pre-modern traditions still exist are on “Savage Reservations”, the World State’s name for Native American Reservations. Living on one of these reservations is John, a young man whose mother was originally from the World State society, but got injured…

    • 1535 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    They have no freedom. While John realizes this and condemns the people for it, the citizens view him in pretty much the same way. During the end of the book, they even go as far as throwing food at John "as to an ape" (255). They are so entertained by his suffering and pain not only because they have never experienced it before but because they don’t see John as an actual human being, but as an animal. Another literary element that Huxley uses to show how society should be structured is allusions, especially of William Shakespeare.…

    • 2543 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “One believes things because one has conditioned to believe them,” (Huxley 158). The constant growth of technology and science is prevalent all throughout Brave New World which has caused much destruction for the citizens of World State. Advancement of technology comes off as an amazing scientific achievement but a technology and science based utopia is not a utopia, but rather the opposite. Brave New World is dominated by government with a large amount of power due to science which will later cause destruction for both the citizens living in the World State but also the government itself. In Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World, science and technology has put an effect on the idea of family, the way religion and art is perceived, and the true…

    • 919 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Feminism Criticism of Brave New World Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World forms a “utopian” world where the people are free to do anything they want. All the pain, worry, and stress are wiped from existence. Addressing all the problems of the widespread depression, his imaginary state seemed to be perfect; however, as the new world developed, Huxley began to remove many feminine traits from women and restrict their roles in society. Though everyone were equal and the same, women began lose their importance in society.…

    • 1127 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Albert Einstein is famously quoted, “all religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom." In the same fashion, Aldous Huxley illustrates the role of religion in modern society in his novel, Brave New World. The plot centers around the World State, a utopian society that has seemingly relinquished all the ramifications of religion. Ironically, the citizens engage in acts akin to those of religious acts of devotion and most citizens are stripped of individuality and humanity.…

    • 818 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Another way Huxley uses symbolism in Brave New World…

    • 1179 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    There 's a great difference between the civilized people and the people from the savage reservation which highlight Huxley 's theme that happiness cannot be forced on people. Through the differences in their society 's can they start trying to understand each other. Even in a society as "perfect" as can be, and a society "not perfect" at all, the people are never truly…

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays